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US 6,273,872 B1Granted
Post surgical belt
OwnerDawn G. Friedmaninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus to support a post operative device. In one embodiment, a belt is provided for circumferential attachment about a segment of a body and at least one loop detachably coupled to the belt and freely moveable along a portion of the belt defining a circumference, the loop to receive and hold a post surgical drainage device.
Claims11
An apparatus comprising:
- a belt circumferentially attachable about a body segment;
- a first layer defining a portion of the outer circumference of the belt;
- a second layer defining a portion of the inner circumference of the belt;
- a plurality of attachment points disposed along the outer circumference of the belt coupling the first layer to the second layer, wherein the first and second layers are manually detachable such that a spare layer may be substituted for either the first or the second layer;
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- a post operative device having an integrally formed loop with an disengageable fastener coupled around the first layer and freely movable along a portion of the outer circumference defined by the first layer between a pair of attachment points, the post operative device being freely removable therefrom by disengagement of the fastener.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a belt attachable circumferentially about a segment of a body;
- and at least one discrete loop, detachably coupled to the belt and freely moveable along a portion of the belt defining a circumference, the at least one loop to receive and hold a post surgical device;
- a first layer defining a portion of the outer circumference of the belt;
- a second layer defining a portion of the inner circumference of the belt;
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- wherein the first and second layers are manually detachable such that a spare layer may be substituted for either the first or the second layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.